The One for Whom We’ve Been Waiting

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.”

Luke 2:11

How quietly the world slept that night

When Heaven came down to earth;

No dignitaries or television cameras

Showed up to recognize or record His Birth.

In a tiny innkeeper’s stable

The Son of God was born.

And from His birth until His death

He’d be rejected, despised and scorned.

But in reality it really didn’t matter

That those in attendance were so few,

For the One born in Bethlehem that night

Would accomplish what He was sent here to do.

“For unto you is born this day,”

The angel of the Lord did recite,

“The One you’ve been waiting for all your life

Is born in Bethlehem tonight.

“He is the Savior sent from God above,

Who’ll save you from your sins;

He’s also the Christ, the Lord of all,

The One the Father promised to send.

“Although He’s born tonight

In a lowly cattle’s stall,

One day He’ll want to live within your heart

And to be there when you call.

“Although He’ll be despised and rejected

During His years upon this earth,

He’ll still fulfill His Mission

By transforming through the second birth.

“Yes, tonight the One for Whom you’ve been waiting

Has finally come to you;

Come now and place your trust in Him

And see what in you He can do.”

–Tom Smith